linux-kernel - Re: [Bug] possible deadlock in vfs

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Message-ID: <aECu-D3Df28hYI9L@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 21:39:20 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Luka <luka.2016.cs@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug] possible deadlock in vfs_rmdir in Linux kernel v6.12

On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 04:11:21PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Yes, hence my question. I think it's just a bad medium. It's actually the kind
> of thing that bugzilla is okay to use for -- create a bug with attachments and
> report it to the list, so maybe the original author can use that instead of
> pastebin sites?

The "author" looks to be a bot, frankly.  At best yet-another-incompetent
user of "my modified version of syzkaller".  There's no signal here,
would recommend just banning.